We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Risk Manager – Technology & Security (known internally as IT & Security Risk Manager) to join us, to help protect our Customers, Colleagues and Organisation by ensuring that IT and Security risks are identified, assessed, mitigated and managed within the defined Risk Appetite. Supporting the Senior IT & Security Risk Manager, you will play an instrumental role in introducing a new risk management framework – designing and implementing procedures, working with technology teams to capture, assess and record risks as well as designing mitigation controls, maintaining risk registers and delivering risk reports and dashboards to senior management.

This role would suit an individual with a background in IT and security operational risk, who is an adaptable, proactive team player, calm under pressure and able to deliver with minimal supervision. Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence and drive positive change is essential.

This role will be based out of our B&Q Head Office just outside Southampton, with an expectation of 2-3 days a week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior IT & Security Risk Manager to introduce a new risk management framework.
• Design and implement risk management procedures to ensure continuous risk assessment and monitoring.
• Work with Technology and Security teams to capture, assess and record risks, design mitigating controls and track actions to completion.
• Run risk workshops with IT and security teams to identify risks, develop team risk registers and provide ongoing support.
• Analyse issues, incidents, threats and vulnerabilities to determine where risks may be present.
• Work with stakeholders to plan risk mitigation and reduce residual risk.
• Maintain the Group Technology and Information Security risk registers.
• Collate risk information from across Group Technology to produce risk reports and dashboards for Senior Management.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience identifying, assessing and managing IT and Security operational risks, ideally in a large, complex organisation.
• Good working knowledge of IT Operations, COBIT, ITIL is essential.
• Working knowledge of security standards (ISO27001/NIST CSF) is beneficial.
• Ability to articulate risks clearly, concisely and accurately both verbally and in writing, to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven experience building stakeholder relationships and influencing change.
• Able to write clear, concise and accurate risk documentation.
• A recognised Risk Management qualification is desirable but not required.
• An eye for detail with the ability to spot trends and emerging risk themes.

Behaviours

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human – acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self‑awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and grow

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

Benefits

Private Health Care

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Immediate eligibility through auto‑enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.

25 Days' Holiday

25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro‑rated for part time colleagues).

Staff Discount

20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.

Life Assurance

x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS‑MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.

Bonus

Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.

Kingfisher Share Save

Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Application Process

What to expect from our application process…

Step 1: Application

Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.

Step 2: Review

A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application and let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.

Step 3: Interview 1

You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.

Step 4: Interview 2

As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.

Step 5: Feedback

Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!